VOLCANO: IRIS Early Career Working Group - MEMBERS NEEDED!

[Chelsea Allison <cmalliso@xxxxxxx>]

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IRIS Early Career Working Group - MEMBERS NEEDED!

From: Andy Frassetto <andyf@xxxxxxxx>
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Hello All,

The Early Career Investigators (ECIs) working group seeks additional members to help drive its ongoing activities. For those not familiar, we work to engage with, understand the needs of, and develop resources for IRIS-related ECIs. Its full mission statement can be found at http://www.iris.edu/hq/eci.

New members will help to guide the working group’s ongoing activities, such as:

• Distributing news of relevant opportunities through an active Facebook Page and listserv.
• Organizing webinars on topics aiding professional development (e.g. Navigating NSF, Improving Your Powerpoint Presentations).
• Planning mini-workshops (e.g. a long-lunch at AGU 2012) that encouraged collaboration amongst ECIs and senior scientists from many disciplines represented by the GeoPRISMS and EarthScope Programs.
• Meetings at the IRIS 2012 and EarthScope 2013 annual workshops that included panel discussions with senior scientists in academia and industry.
• Funding mentorship research pairings in which an ECI and a senior scientist apply to a travel reimbursement account to spur new research collaboration.
• Fund-matching ECI Lecture program, which allows ECIs at IRIS institutions to give seminars at other IRIS institutions, particularly for institutions with limited funds or if the ECI is required to travel far distances.

Interested participants are encouraged to bring their own ideas for new ECI resources, and have the opportunity to develop projects requiring long-term collaboration with IRIS and the Educational and Public Outreach Standing Committee, including:

• Building a comprehensive Teaching Repository (100 to 500 college-level courses).
• Constructing an “Introduction to Earthquakes” lecture series and activities accessible online for all to use, modify, and update.
• Serving as guest hosts for “Quakecast” webinars - informal google hangout presentations organized by IRIS EPO on seismological topics, aimed towards K-12 educators and non-scientists.
• Virtual community activities to allow for periodic real-time interaction amongst large groups of ECIs.

Pro bono service from members of the geoscience community has been vital to the continued growth and success of large NSF-funded science facilities, such as IRIS and UNAVCO, and with this note we hope to tap into the next generation of community involvement. Volunteers do not need to be seismologists, but it will help if you are familiar with IRIS and willing to contribute primarily to initiatives targeting the IRIS community. If you are interested in joining the working group or just looking for more information first, then please contact Andy Frassetto (andyf@xxxxxxxx).

Sincerely,
The ECI Working Group (Harmony, Danielle, Derek, Andy)

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